Rob O'Connor is a crackhead who writes for Yahoo

[Arkaign]

Okay, click through to this thing on Yahoo!, and I see this list thing, and I think cool, I'll check it out. Lo and behold, it's mostly esoteric / obscure stuff.

Perfect example, his #1 is Tom Waits. Now, I actually like Tom Waits, and I think his music is extremely interesting, but does anyone actually listen to him for fun? 'Alternative Rock =! Tom Waits'?

WTF!!

The list :

25) Sebadoh
24) Dinosaur Jr.
23) Sonic Youth
22) Pavement
21) Flaming Lips
20) Cracker
19) Beck
18) Weezer
17) Giant Sand
16) Afghan Whigs
15) The Breeders
14) Belle And Sebastian
13) Elliott Smith
12) Mudhoney
11) PJ Harvey
10) Nirvana
9) Guided By Voices
7) Vic Chesnutt
5) Mark Lanegan
4) Julian Cope
3) American Music Club
2) Red House Painters
1) Tom Waits

?????

 

[Arkaign]

Ah, a link might be helpful :

http://new.music.yahoo.com/blo...ock-bands-of-the-1990s

 

[RagingBITCH]

I know 7 bands on that list. That list is crap

 

[Ns1]

garbage

 

[Anubis]

Originally posted by: RagingBITCH
I know 7 bands on that list. That list is crap

same here

no AiC & PJ = instant fail



also Flaming Lips i really would never call "Alternative"

 

[Vehemence]

I know exactly 6 of those 25 bands. Maybe I'm just not alternative enough!

 

[ggnl]

Looks like he's much too interested diplaying his hipster street cred.

 

[Arkaign]

Originally posted by: ggnl
Looks like he's much too interested diplaying his hipster street cred.

x2

 

[MmmSkyscraper]

What happened to numbers 8 and 6?

 

[bigrash]

He sucks. See my thread on his other list: link

 

[Platypus]

Originally posted by: ggnl
Looks like he's much too interested diplaying his hipster street cred.

indeed.

I like a lot of the bands in that list but they're a far cry from alternative. That's about as specific as calling it simply 'music'

 

[Gibson486]

Sebadoh??? I thought I was the only one!


BTW...Cracker blows.

 

[KeithTalent]

Originally posted by: Ns1
garbage

Not a big fan of them, but I could see how you may want them on a top 50 list or something.

He is certainly missing some bands, and some I've never even heard of. I like seeing Flaming Lips, Mudhoney, and Pavement there, but seriously who the fuck are some of those other groups/people.

KT

 

[PepePeru]

the flaming lips, Cracker had basically one hit song (ever) and it was in the 90s...okay, Veruca Salt can make the same claim & they're not on the list.

that list sucks...I'd put Radiohead and Oasis on that list too. Oasis was huge in the 90s.

Who the hell is the Red House Painters, Vic Chesnutt, American Music Club and Julian Cope.

 

[Ns1]

Originally posted by: KeithTalent

Originally posted by: Ns1
garbage

Not a big fan of them, but I could see how you may want them on a top 50 list or something.

He is certainly missing some bands, and some I've never even heard of. I like seeing Flaming Lips, Mudhoney, and Pavement there, but seriously who the fuck are some of those other groups/people.

KT

what? I meant that list was garbage =P

 

[Gibson486]

Originally posted by: G Wizard
the flaming lips, Cracker had basically one hit song (ever) and it was in the 90s...okay, Veruca Salt can make the same claim & they're not on the list.

that list sucks...I'd put Radiohead and Oasis on that list too. Oasis was huge in the 90s.

Who the hell is the Red House Painters, Vic Chesnutt, American Music Club and Julian Cope.

No way, you do that and you have to put a bunch of other britpop bands on that list.


BTW, how can pavement not make it to that list?

 

[KeithTalent]

Originally posted by: Ns1

Originally posted by: KeithTalent

Originally posted by: Ns1
garbage

Not a big fan of them, but I could see how you may want them on a top 50 list or something.

He is certainly missing some bands, and some I've never even heard of. I like seeing Flaming Lips, Mudhoney, and Pavement there, but seriously who the fuck are some of those other groups/people.

KT

what? I meant that list was garbage =P

Oh, lol. :laugh: Whoooooosh to me.

KT

 

[jonks]

Originally posted by: Ns1
garbage

I wouldn't consider garbage an alternative band, they're pretty mainstream

 

[PepePeru]

Originally posted by: Gibson486

Originally posted by: G Wizard
the flaming lips, Cracker had basically one hit song (ever) and it was in the 90s...okay, Veruca Salt can make the same claim & they're not on the list.

that list sucks...I'd put Radiohead and Oasis on that list too. Oasis was huge in the 90s.

Who the hell is the Red House Painters, Vic Chesnutt, American Music Club and Julian Cope.

No way, you do that and you have to put a bunch of other britpop bands on that list.


BTW, how can pavement not make it to that list?

I'd rather see Britpop on there, b/c its relevant as opposed to some bullshit bands, people that were NOT popular in the 90s.

So, yes, add Blur too.

Pavement's on there. Not high enough, but at least theyre on there.

 

[Gibson486]

Originally posted by: G Wizard

Originally posted by: Gibson486

Originally posted by: G Wizard
the flaming lips, Cracker had basically one hit song (ever) and it was in the 90s...okay, Veruca Salt can make the same claim & they're not on the list.

that list sucks...I'd put Radiohead and Oasis on that list too. Oasis was huge in the 90s.

Who the hell is the Red House Painters, Vic Chesnutt, American Music Club and Julian Cope.

No way, you do that and you have to put a bunch of other britpop bands on that list.


BTW, how can pavement not make it to that list?

I'd rather see Britpop on there, b/c its relevant as opposed to some bullshit bands, people that were NOT popular in the 90s.

So, yes, add Blur too.

Pavement's on there. Not high enough, but at least theyre on there.

OMG...another person in the US who knows who Blur is (hopefully not from song 2)!

 

[Vehemence]

Originally posted by: Gibson486
OMG...another person in the US who knows who Blur is

Me too!

Originally posted by: Gibson486
(hopefully not from song 2)!

Shit I'm out.

 

[dainthomas]

Originally posted by: Arkaign

Originally posted by: ggnl
Looks like he's much too interested diplaying his hipster street cred.

x2

x3

 

[AsianriceX]

Originally posted by: jonks

Originally posted by: Ns1
garbage

I wouldn't consider garbage an alternative band, they're pretty mainstream

Wasn't Alternative as a genre considered mainstream in the 90's?

 

[AsianriceX]

Originally posted by: Gibson486

Originally posted by: G Wizard

Originally posted by: Gibson486

Originally posted by: G Wizard
the flaming lips, Cracker had basically one hit song (ever) and it was in the 90s...okay, Veruca Salt can make the same claim & they're not on the list.

that list sucks...I'd put Radiohead and Oasis on that list too. Oasis was huge in the 90s.

Who the hell is the Red House Painters, Vic Chesnutt, American Music Club and Julian Cope.

No way, you do that and you have to put a bunch of other britpop bands on that list.


BTW, how can pavement not make it to that list?

I'd rather see Britpop on there, b/c its relevant as opposed to some bullshit bands, people that were NOT popular in the 90s.

So, yes, add Blur too.

Pavement's on there. Not high enough, but at least theyre on there.

OMG...another person in the US who knows who Blur is (hopefully not from song 2)!

How about Chinese Bombs or M.O.R. ?

 

[Gibson486]

lots got mainstream in the 90's....even indie music did too.